I go to the park at 19:00 every day and walk more than 10,000 steps. Is it good for my health?

This is not bad. The effect will be good, just pay attention to your walking posture. Don’t think that walking has no posture requirements. If you walk for such a long time, if your posture is incorrect, the sports damage caused will be great.

Here are the wrong walking postures and their consequences

1. One foot is deep and the other is shallow

The so-called long and short legs are not actually long and short. Legs, usually caused by pelvic tilt, may be more noticeable if you walk with heavy objects. Many people don't notice this problem when walking. There are very few real long and short legs, accounting for only 5-10%. Generally, it is muscle imbalance that causes pelvic tilt. This walking posture is also a cause of low back pain, or it may be that there is a problem with the pelvis that leads to walking like this

2. The thoracic spine is backward, and the heel hits the ground hard or rubs against the ground

To put it simply, it is the top Walking with the belly and head forward, with the entire center of gravity behind the feet. This is a typical posture for office workers who have been sitting for a long time. This kind of posture is actually caused by the lack of strength in the abdomen and buttocks, and the weakness of the gastrocnemius and deep toe flexors of the lower limbs. . This kind of walking posture will cause low back pain, the thighs will never be slimmed down, and the buttocks can't find any muscle feeling no matter how hard they train. In addition, it can cause pain in the soles of the feet.

3. Excessive lateral shift of the pelvis

Generally, when walking on one leg, there is a lateral shift of the pelvis, which occurs naturally in order to shift the center of gravity to the other side for better restarting. This type of problem mostly occurs in mothers holding their children. You will find that many mothers like to rotate their bodies to one side when walking, turning to the side holding the child. At the same time, their buttocks will move excessively to the opposite side, while the other side is basically Not moving. The cause of excessive lateral shift of the pelvis is weak gluteus medius. The gluteus medius is an important muscle that stabilizes the knee joint. Its weakness can cause knee pain.

So what should the correct walking posture look like?

That’s what it looks like in the picture. You can refer to the study and benchmark your own walking posture. If it's not right, you have to correct it. During the correction process, please note that sometimes it is not the walking posture itself that is the problem, but the weakness of some of your muscles.

As you can see in the picture above, these muscles will affect your walking posture. What you need to do is to strengthen them in a targeted manner, which is why many times, some fitness coaches emphasize that core muscle training is important.

To sum up, this thing itself is good for the body, but during the exercise, you must first ensure that the posture is correct to avoid secondary damage to the body.

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